Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
A versatile 8-billion parameter model optimized for dialogue and text generation tasks.
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About this model
Meta developed and released the Meta Llama 3 family of large language models (LLMs), a collection of pretrained and instruction tuned generative text models in 8 and 70B sizes. The Llama 3 instruction tuned models are optimized for dialogue use cases and outperform many of the available open source chat models on common industry benchmarks.Key model capabilities
Instruction tuned models are intended for assistant-like chat, whereas pretrained models can be adapted for a variety of natural language generation tasks. Enables applications to be Built with Meta Llama 3.See Responsible AI for additional considerations for responsible use.
Key use cases
Llama 3 is intended for commercial and research use in English. Instruction tuned models are intended for assistant-like chat, whereas pretrained models can be adapted for a variety of natural language generation tasks.Out of scope use cases
Use in any manner that violates applicable laws or regulations (including trade compliance laws). Use in any other way that is prohibited by the Acceptable Use Policy and Llama 3 Community License. Use in languages other than English. Developers may fine-tune Llama 3 models for languages beyond English provided they comply with the Llama 3 Community License and the Acceptable Use Policy.Quick facts
Model providerMeta
TypeChat completion
LifecycleGenerally available (GA)
Input typetext
Output typetext
Context window8192
Token limits4096 output
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